Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Tom,
Strangely, we see ALPA very attached to its bankruptcy bargaining. I don't know if it is that the leadership is "wedded" to the deals it made and now feels it must defend them, or if they truly believe the management crap about "bargaining credits" they got for scope concessions. It is something I'm trying to understand.
Interesting take. The former NWA MEC knew they gave up a lot, and that the contract was onerous and over reaching, however saw opportunity in the fact that management would come looking for relief because they found their own contract unworkable, and there would be opportunities for contract repair. And there were. We used the analogy that the BK PWA was not bargaining, but armed robbery.
It appears the DAL MEC is much more entrenched, and that they actually thought they did good on the BK PWA. Don't have to fix anything if you think there is nothing wrong......
